Myanmar Natural Gas

Summary Table

Million Cubic ft
(MMcf)
Global Rank
Gas Reserves 10,000,000 #71 in the world
Gas Production 648,030 #37 in the world
Gas Consumption 126,781 #82 in the world
Daily Surplus +521,249
Gas Imports 0
Gas Exports 491,232
Net Exports 491,232
(Data shown in the table is for 2015, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Gas Reserves in Myanmar

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Myanmar holds 23 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven gas reserves as of 2017, ranking #71 in the world and accounting for about 0.33% of the world’s total gas reserves of 6,923 Tcf.

Myanmar has proven reserves equivalent to 141.5 times its annual consumption levels. This means it has about 141 years of gas left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Gas Reserves
22,500,000 MMcf
Global Rank: #71 | Share of World: 0.33%
141 years of natural gas left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Gas Reserves in Myanmar


Gas Consumption in Myanmar

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  • Myanmar consumes 159,023 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year as of the year 2017.

  • Myanmar ranks #82 in the world for gas consumption, accounting for about 0.12% of the world’s total consumption of 132,290,211 MMcf.

  • Myanmar consumes 3,064 cubic feet of natural gas per capita every year (based on the 2017 population of 51,894,938 people), or 8 cubic feet per capita per day.

Gas Production in Myanmar

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  • Myanmar produces 648,030 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year (as of 2015) ranking #37 in the world.

Gas Exports

  • Myanmar exports 76% of its natural gas production (491,232 MMcf in 2015).

History of Gas Consumption and Production


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